Number of College/University Students in Japan, 1955-2020

Japan had 2,915,605 students at colleges and universities in 2020, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

The following shows the changes in the number of college/university students between 1955 and 2020.

Table: Number of College/University Students, 1955-2020

	Total	in which, female students	National Schools	Prefectural, Municipal Schools	Private Schools	Percentage of Female	Percentage of Private
1955	523,355	65,081	186,055	24,936	312,364	12.4	59.7
1960	626,421	85,966	194,227	28,569	403,625	13.7	64.4
1965	937,556	152,119	238,380	38,277	660,899	16.2	70.5
1970	1,406,521	252,745	309,587	50,111	1,046,823	18.0	74.4
1975	1,734,082	368,258	357,772	50,880	1,325,430	21.2	76.4
1980	1,835,312	405,529	406,644	52,082	1,376,586	22.1	75.0
1985	1,848,698	434,401	449,373	54,944	1,344,381	23.5	72.7
1990	2,133,362	584,155	518,609	64,140	1,550,613	27.4	72.7
1995	2,546,649	821,893	598,723	83,812	1,864,114	32.3	73.2
2000	2,740,023	992,312	624,082	107,198	2,008,743	36.2	73.3
2005	2,865,051	1,124,900	627,850	124,910	2,112,291	39.3	73.7
2010	2,887,414	1,185,580	625,048	142,523	2,119,843	41.1	73.4
2015	2,860,210	1,231,868	610,802	148,766	2,100,642	43.1	73.4
2016	2,873,624	1,247,726	610,401	150,513	2,112,710	43.4	73.5
2017	2,890,880	1,263,893	609,473	152,931	2,128,476	43.7	73.6
2018	2,909,159	1,280,406	608,969	155,520	2,144,670	44.0	73.7
2019	2,918,668	1,293,095	606,449	158,176	2,154,043	44.3	73.8
2020	2,915,605	1,294,320	598,881	158,579	2,158,145	44.4	74.0

Source is Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

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